Fort Rucker, AL Full Food Service

The Department of the Army, through the Mission Installation Contracting Command – Installation Readiness Center (MICC IRC), seeks a contractor to provide full food service operations at Fort Rucker, Alabama, with proposals due November 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT and technical questions due October 23, 2026. Amendment 0001, issued October 20, 2026, extended the proposal deadline from November 2 and revised the period of performance to December 14, 2026 through December 14, 2029. This is a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS 722310 (Food Service Contractors), PSC M1FD.

Place of performance is Fort Rucker, AL, encompassing dining facility management at Buildings 5914 (702-person design capacity) and 6204 (400-person design capacity), remote site feeding, and support operations at Building 1015 (contractor management headquarters). A new 800-person facility (Building TBD) is under construction with anticipated completion January 2028. Contractor responsibilities include food receiving and storage, food preparation, food serving, facility sanitation, and dining facility administration. The contractor must furnish labor, supervision, uniforms, and consumables; the Government furnishes facilities, Government Furnished Property (176 line items of equipment), and subsistence items.

All contractor personnel require minimum Tier 1 security clearances per HSPD-12, Common Access Cards where applicable, and mandatory completion of DoD Level I Antiterrorism, Information Assurance, OPSEC, INFOSEC, CUI, TARP, Sexual Harassment and Assault training, and food safety certifications. Service Contract Act prevailing wage determination 2015-4631 applies. A Collective Bargaining Agreement (Laborers' Local Union 559) covering non-supervisory food service and clerical employees is in effect through September 30, 2024, with wage rates ranging $14.97–$17.22 per hour, health insurance at $4.54 per hour, and retirement contributions at $5.94 per hour. A CBA modification prohibits scheduling two or more immediate family members on the same shift within the same facility and mandates 30-minute unpaid meal periods for shifts exceeding four hours.

Historical headcount data indicates approximately 598,779 meals annually across all facilities. Staffing categories include First Cook, Second Cook, Third Cook, Ration Clerk, Headcount Clerk, Secretary/Typist, Shift Leader, and Dining Facility Attendants across operating hours 0500–2000. Pricing uses firm fixed pricing with multiple CLINs for program management, building operations, and reimbursable other direct costs. Evaluation follows lowest-priced technically acceptable (LPTA) methodology, with technical evaluation focusing on staffing plan adequacy and past performance assessed for recency and relevance. Offerors must submit past performance references (Attachment P), subcontractor/teaming partner consent letters (Attachment Q), and past performance questionnaires (Attachment R).